Bible verses about "legalism" | ACV

²⁰ For I say to you, that unless your righteousness abounds more than of the scholars and Pharisees, ye will, no, not enter into the kingdom of the heavens. ²¹ Ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to the judgment. ²² But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to the hell of fire. ²³ If therefore thou should bring thy gift to the altar, and remember there that thy brother has anything against thee, ²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift. ²⁵ Be agreeing with thine opponent quickly, while thou are with him on the way, lest the opponent deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the subordinate, and thou will be cast into prison. ²⁶ Truly I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid the last quadran. ²⁷ Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall not commit adultery. ²⁸ But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. ²⁹ And if thy right eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. ³⁰ And if thy right hand causes thee to stumble, cut it off and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. ³¹ And it was said, Whoever may divorce his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate. ³² But I say to you, that whoever may divorce his wife apart from a matter of fornication, disposes her to commit adultery, and whoever may marry her who has been divorced commits adultery. ³³ Again, ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not swear falsely, but shall render to the Lord thine oaths. ³⁴ But I say to you, not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God, ³⁵ nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. ³⁶ Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your word be, Yes, yes, No, no. And anything beyond these is from evil. ³⁸ Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. ³⁹ But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰ And to the man who wants to sue thee, and take away thy coat, thou shall leave him thy cloak also. ⁴¹ And whoever will draft thee for one mile, go thou with him two. ⁴² Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee. ⁴³ Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, ⁴⁵ so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same? ⁴⁷ And if ye only greet your friends, what do ye extra? Do not even the tax collectors this way? ⁴⁸ Ye therefore shall be perfect, even as your Father in the heavens is perfect.

⁹ Every man transgressing, and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The man abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, this man has both the Father and the Son.

⁴⁶ And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and not do the things that I say?

¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

¹ Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, ² The scholars and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat. ³ All things therefore, however many they may tell you to observe, observe and do, but do not ye according to their works, for they say, and do not. ⁴ For they bind heavy burdens and difficult to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they do not want to move them with their finger.

²³ Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law-justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting those things. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel. ²⁵ Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness. ²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of them may also become clean. ²⁷ Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ In this way also, ye indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

²¹ I do not disregard the grace of God, for if righteousness is through law, then Christ died in vain.

²⁸ We therefore consider a man to be made righteous by faith independent of works of law.

¹⁰ For as many as are from works of law are under a curse, for it is written, Cursed is every man who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them. ¹¹ But that no man is made righteous by law before God, is evident, because, The righteous man will live from faith. ¹² And the law is not from faith, but the man who does them will live in them. ¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, Cursed is every man who hangs on a tree. ¹⁴ So that the blessing of Abraham might occur for the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

²⁸ They said to him therefore, What shall we do that we may work the works of God? ²⁹ Jesus answered, and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in that man whom he has sent.

¹⁶ knowing that a man is not made righteous from works of law, instead through faith of Jesus Christ. And we believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made righteous from faith of Christ, and not from works of law, because no flesh will be made righteous from works of law.

⁸ For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you, ⁹ not from works, so that not any man may boast.